Zachary Fritze
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Zachary is our performance genius – he builds support for the vision and brings resources together to make it happen. He is the team’s stabilizing force, focusing the team’s perspectives and expertise to deliver on time and on budget. Zachary has helped manage multi-million dollar projects and international agency clients including McCain and Schweppes. He holds publications in biology, and played a key part in the financing of the Ex-Alta 1 satellite.
Collin Cupido
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Collin is our technical genius – he writes the code, unlocks the secrets of the spectrum, and processes the satellite information. He has a BSc in Astrophysics from the University of Alberta and was the Technical Lead for Alberta’s first satellite ExAlta-1, writing most of the code that drives it as it orbits the Earth.
Brodie Houlette
Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer
Brodie is our business development genius – he builds our customer pipeline, builds the strategic relationships to power our products, and keeps the big picture in focus. He manages multiple stakeholders with different objectives from multiple countries and cultural norms while delivering complex projects. Brodie has worked for the Vice-President of the European Parliament, with the UK Labour Party, and for various European NGOs.
Charles Nokes
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
Charles is our back-office genius – he makes sure all the accounting gets done, people get paid, and that all the necessary paperwork is filed – all the stuff critical for the business to scale. He was the Project Lead for ExAlta-1 and ensured the sensitive components were seamlessly imported into Canada.
Advisors
Guillermo Re Kühl
Guillermo has 35+ years experience in imaging technology. He was chosen through a NASA grant to study under Carl Sagan to use imaging and geology techniques to identify rock properties on asteroids. Professionally he held leading roles with FMC Gold, INCO/Vale and Chevron(Texaco) before building his multimillion dollar business. He owns one of the only ground hyperspectral sensor systems in the world, and advises us on imaging and the South American market.
Nestor Gaviligio
Nestor is an accomplished agricultural businessman. Most recently he owned, built and sold an agrochemical production company. He is currently an agribusiness consultant with access to C-Suite executives in every part of the supply chain. Nestor’s experience and relationships in agriculture invaluably inform our sales and marketing.